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Mid North Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1909

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At the Flower Show. a London Sketch

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

Incautiously—one is apt to be incautious in conversation with Beatrice—I asked Beatrice and her mother to attend the Temple Flower…

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Agricultural Society

Nambucca News · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 4

A special meeting of the Agricultural Society was held in the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. B. S. May occupied the chair, and there also present…

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Royal Agricultural Show School Exhibition

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 9

MR. JOHN HALSTED (Teacher of School Agriculture. Schools Exhibition of Agriculture at the Royal Agriculture Show, 1909…

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Gladstone Methodist Flower Show and Exhibition

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 6

ON Wednesday last the annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition in connection with the Methodist Church was opened in the School of Arts building…

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Singleton Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 3

This Wednesday the annual Show of the Northern Agricultural Association opens a Singleton, and will be continued the two following days. On…

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Flower Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 5

THE annual flower show and industrial exhibition in connection with the Gladstone circuit of the Methodist Church was [?]poned on Wednesday…

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Agricultural Show Subsidies

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 9

Answering a series of questions asked by Mr. Nielsen, the Minister for Agriculture gave information as to the system adopted by his department…

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Gladstone Flower Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 5

THE Gladstone Methodist flower show, industrial exhibition, and sale of gifts concluded on Saturday last. The takings exceeded the expectations…

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Form at the Show

Nambucca News · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 7

Show-yard form is a source of unexampled perplexity to the expert as well as to the tyro. The vagaries of show-yard judging are not all explicable by…

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Gladstone Methodist Church. Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 3

THE above function was wound up on Saturday night last, and altogether it can be written down as a great succes. This is an annual…

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Art Treasures Burnt. Fire at Milan Exhibition

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 12

The Building of Decorative Art at the Milan Exhibition was destroyed by fire on 3rd August, in consequence of a defect in the electric light wiring…

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Presbyterian Fair

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 5

Preparations for a monster Presbyterian Fair at Bowraville are well in hand, and the Rev. Mr. McAipine is in hopes that the paroshial funds will be greatly swelled…

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Form at the Show

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 12

Show-yard form is a source of unexampled perplexity to the expert as well as to the tyro. The vagaries of showyard jucti[?] are not all explicable by…

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Blaze at Biograph Show. Prompt Measures Prevent: Panic

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 10

Considerably excitement was caused at the Willougnby-hall, Penshurst street, Willoughby, through the overturning of an, oil lamp during a…

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Methodist Flower Show

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 4

THE annual Methodist flower show took place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of last week, being opened on the afternoon of the first…

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Gloucester Agricultural Society

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of this Society was held on Saturday last Mr. J. R. Higgins, president, in the chair…

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Agricultural Society

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 4

THE regular meeting was held on Friday. Present—Messrs. J. C. Elton (President), J. H. Betts, C. Teague, W. Kesby, A. A. Kemp, W. Secomb…

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Trustees of Show-grounds Enabling Bill

Nambucca News · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 3

"The Magistrate," a smart little monthly devoted to legal matters and digests of law cases, has made a bold suggestion in reference to…

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Bazaar and Fancy Fair. in Aid of East Kempsey School Piano Fund

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

THE first essential towards a successful bazaar is a loyal co-operation between the promoters and workers and certainly to this is due the success of the East…

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Fancy Fair

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 6

A FANCY fair in aid of the piano fund of the East Kempsey School wag held at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday and was opened by the Mayor of Kempsey, when…

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